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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 5041 ..

MRS LITTLEWOOD (continuing):

There are a number of people I also would like to thank. Firstly, there is my staff. I would like to thank the attendants here and the Secretariat for what they have done. They have always been very approachable and very helpful, and I have appreciated that. I would also like to thank my team. Being here has been an interesting exercise. I thank my committee colleagues. Committee work has also been an interesting exercise. I would also like to thank my staff who have supported me. They have been great.

Mr Osborne: All of them.

MRS LITTLEWOOD: All of them, Mr Osborne. In conclusion, as I said, I do not know whether or not I will be here next time, but I have enjoyed being here and I hope that I get the chance to continue doing my work in the community.

MR CORBELL (10.45): Mr Speaker, at the end of this Third Assembly and my own first year in this place, I thought it would be appropriate to place a few of my brief thoughts on the record. I would firstly like to place on the record my very sincere thanks to the wide range of people who have assisted me in my first year here. I refer first to my colleagues. I have greatly appreciated their warm acceptance of me in joining Labor's Assembly ranks, their knowledge and their counsel throughout the year. The assistance and counsel of my own staff and the staff of the other Labor members have been deeply appreciated also. Their steadfastness and their persistence with the continual and unceasing range of issues and tasks which need to be addressed by all members has been deeply appreciated, and I look forward to working with them all in the coming campaign.

Finally, Mr Speaker, speaking as a newer member in this place, the assistance of all the Assembly staff has been extremely valuable. I express my thanks to the Clerk, Mark McRae, his deputy, Tom Duncan, the principal attendant, Alex Fyfe, and all the other attendants and all the other Secretariat staff who have assisted me from time to time in getting used to being in this place in the first couple of months. They were always helpful and efficient. Whenever I raised a query they were always willing to help. I have no doubt that without their assistance in my first year in this place I would not have been as effective as I hope I have been.

Needless to say, Mr Speaker, I will be working hard to earn the endorsement of the people of the electorate of Molonglo in the coming year, and I hope to return to this place. In the coming year we will face important challenges, with the exception of Ms Horodny who has perhaps more enjoyable challenges ahead of her. We will be challenged to present the best policies and ideas which will lead our city and our community forward; to present ideas on building a fairer and more just community; to present ideas on how our society will continue to change in the coming year and how we will adapt to that change. How will we adapt to the enormous impact of the information technology age and the consequent changes in how we work and live? How will we learn to adapt to the issues of the environment and the changes that we are seeing being wrought there from our own activities and how will we adapt to those things? These are all challenges that we face.

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